Psalms 35:14 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 35:14

I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.

BSB

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ASV

I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.

KJV

I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

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Commentary

4 voices

Thomas Aquinas

Exposition on the Psalms of David (1274)

"As a neighbor." Affection toward one's neighbor is shown in two things: namely, in delight at the good of another, and in displeasure at evil. Rom. 12: "Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep." He shows the first when he says, …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He discovered not only the tender affection of a man, but the pious affection of a saint. He was concerned for their precious souls, and, since he helped them with his prayers to God for mercy and grace; and the prayers of one who had so great an interest in heaven were of more value than perhaps they knew or considered.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 2 (1870)

"I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother:" I waited on him assiduously, comforted him affectionately, and sympathised with him deeply. This may refer to those days when David played on the harp, and chased away the evil spirit from Saul. "I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. He bowed his head as mourners do. The strongest natural grief was such as he felt when they were in trouble. The mother usually wins the deepest love, and her loss is most keenly felt; such was David's grief.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כְּרֵֽעַ־	ke.re.a'-	like a friend	H7453 →
כְּאָ֣ח	ke.'Ach	like a brother	H251 →
לִ֭י	li	of me
הִתְהַלָּ֑כְתִּי	hit.ha.La.khe.ti	I went about	H1980 →
כַּאֲבֶל־	ka.'a.vel-	like a mourner of	H57 →
אֵ֝֗ם	'Em	a mother	H517 →
קֹדֵ֥ר	ko.Der	mourning	H6937 →
שַׁחֽוֹתִי׃	sha.Cho.ti	I bowed	H7817 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 38:6
I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
leads to
- Job 30:28
  I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
- Psalms 42:9
  I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”
- Psalms 42:5
  Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.
Through
Genesis 24:67
And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.
leads to
- Ephesians 5:22–33
  Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
- Song of Solomon 8:2
  I would lead you and bring you to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.
- Genesis 29:18
  Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
- Genesis 25:20
  and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
- Genesis 23:1–2
  Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Psalms